Motor-sleigh.



JoHNiCHEsNEY, or MELrrA, MANrToEA, CANADA.V

'Moron-sLErenLv L i Specification of Letters Patent. Patented )[313 11,1913.

Application led 'February 5, 1912. Serial No. 675.626.

To aN fur/om [Muay Concern.'

lie it known that LQJOHN Chesney, of

the town of Melita, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have inventedcertain' new and useful .Improvements in Motor-Sleighs, of

which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to a motor propelled sleiglnand the object of theinvention is to provide an easily controlled and operated device 'ofthis class which can be driven over vany roadway on which it iscustomary for a vehicle` to travel, and itl consists essentially I in a:nain framesupported forwardly o1ip iv oted runners and rearwardly"onstationary runners, a set of'drums lswungl from` the frame at the rear,drive chains connecting' the drum, means for operating the chains, asteering mechanism for controlling` the front runner, and a suitablehousing or body mounted on the frame. theV parts' being arrangedandconstructed as hereinafter more particularlyr described.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the complete sleigh. Fig'. Q 1s a planview with the .body removed and .certain parts broken away.

In the cl1'aw'i1igj-lile characters of' refer-y enceindicatecorresponding parts in each figure,

1 represents a substantially rectangular frame having' the rear endopen, which `frame 'carries suitablylocated cross beams and 3 for apurpose later described. 4 and 5 represent upright bench posts permanently secured rearwardly to the opposite sides of the frame 1, whichposts carry rear i frame in the same manner as is customary inautomobiles at the present time, Vthe engine being' inclosed wlthm acasing' 14.

15 represents the engine drive shaft.

which extends rearwardly on the machine and is supported in a suitable.bearing- 1G carried bythe beam 2. The engine shaft is supplied with abevel pinion 17 which meshes with a bevel pinion 1S `mounted on 'acounter shaft 19 having' the ends thereof supported rotatably in uprightbrackets Q() carried by the frame.

21 is a cross shaft mounted in suitable brackets 22 extending upwardlyfromv the rear ofi the shaft 19 and parallel thereto.- The shafts 19 and2Q carry forward and rear pairs of hangers and 2st, on lthe ends ofwhich l have mounted drum Shafts 25 and 2G. the` drinn shafts beingfitted-with rotatable drums 2T and 2S. The ends of the drums are'supplied with cli'ain .wheels 29 and 30,' respectively, which areconnected bv.

chains 31 and Cross slats or Vbars-33 connectl the chainsand have theiredges flanged at 21S-l. rlhe counter' shaft 19 is fit-l ted with chainwheels 35 and t'connected` hy chainsV IE-I and 3S with chain wheels 39and vl-O'iied o n the drum shaft, 25.

ll is. a steeringpost mounted in suitably located brackets carried bythe machine,

which steering post is'equipped with a chain to the forward end' ofthefrai'ne 1 and has.

the forward end thereof pinned at l5 to a cross bar 4G vcarriedvby twostandards 4T eX- tending' upwardly from the runners Sand Q A housing' orbody 50 is mounted'on the frame to cove-r the driver. and the rear partIof the machine is closed over with a casing 51 supplied with suitabledivisions o2 for carrying luggage.

.lt will be seen that upon the engine being started the machineis'propelled by tlic drums rotating and lcarryingl .with them the chainsand their spikes. The fluctuationsl in the ground overwhich the machinepasses are allowed for by the hangers which pei'- mit the drums to riseand fall according to the requirement.

The device is at all timesv under the control ot'the steering post. theoperation of which will be readily understood.

.of forward and rear pairs of brackets se- `cured to `the frame. acounter shaft pivotally mounted -on the forward pair of brackets. and across shaft mounted in the rear pair framed. This shaft is considerably'to the i.

engaging Bevelp'nons on tvhe engine shaft respectively, andge 'drivechain .onneeting 'and counter shaft, lFairs' o hangersv swung saidChain. Wheels.` x within the frame and the erosssha'fljotatable drums'carried' day of November 1911-.

by the hangers, chalns connecting the drums," I JOHN CHESNEYE grossslats earied by the chains and, having" In'Lf-'thefpresence o Hangesturned on the ed es thereof, chain AlVIARGARETS. REID,

Wheels-on the .counter Sha and vdlllflmk shaft DEVUL GUILD.

. yl!) rom the countershaft Signedv at Mehta, Manrfths thitieth

